First Grade Happenings
What a wonderful week we have had! Thank you parents for helping us host a beautiful fairy tale ball! The kids had so much fun and looked adorable! Thank you for your partnership in the academic and spiritual development of your child. We count it a blessing to be your child’s teacher!
Important Notes For The Week
Book It
Reading is so important, and through the Book It program, our classes will continue to grow their reading skills over the next six months. Beginning October 12th through March 31st, first Grade classes will participate in the“Book It” reading program. The mission of the Book It Program is to encourage reading outside of the classroom. The program is easy and fun! When your child has reached the required monthly goal, they will be rewarded with a certificate for a free personal pizza at Pizza Hut. Each month your child can read toward our grade level Book It goal. Our grade level goal is 200 minutes for each month. The monthly goal sheet for October is inside of this week’s Friday folder. Your child can color in one owl for every ten minutes he/she reads. Children can read more than ten minutes in a given time period and color in the number of owls accordingly (i.e. 30 minutes of reading one night = 3 owls). Time spent reading for the 100 book challenge may be counted toward this program as well. When the required reading is finished, send the form back to school, and your child’s teacher will send home the pizza certificate. A new monthly tracker will be distributed each month in the Friday folder. We are excited that we are participating and know your child will enjoy receiving a free pizza. This is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged to promote reading. Any student who completes ALL six months of reading will participate in a pizza party hosted by the first grade teachers. We hope you will join us in our mission and encourage your child to read every day. The participation form for October Book It is inside the Friday folder.
Landform Study Guide
There is a study guide in the Friday folder for next Friday’s (10/16) landform test. We will post an answer key on Seesaw.
RAZ Kids
Please continue to have your child read on RAZ Kids at home. This is an amazing resource. Your child should read first, then take the quiz, and listen to the story last. This can count towards the 100 Book Challenge as well as Book It.
What are we learning ?
Bible:
Genesis 28:15 ESV
Students will learn about the life of Jacob,
that God will take care of us, and that we should not lie or steal.
Math:
Addition and Subtraction
Reading:
Tall Tales
Reading Accuracy Strategy:
Trade a Word/Guess a Word That Makes Sense
When readers encounter words they don’t know, but they understand
the gist of the text, they insert a word that makes sense in place of the
unknown word. This strategy provides the reader with the option to
continue reading by using a similar word for an unknown word. Reading continues and meaning stays intact.
Phonics:
Initial R blends and Nouns
Click on the link below!
http://viewpure.com/pQgJnpE7IL8?start=0&end=0
Writing:
Opinion Writing
Students will learn ways to verbalize
opinions about things they like or dislike, approve or disapprove of.
Social Studies:
Maps and Landforms
Map Test on Tuesday, October 13th.
Students will be tested over the location of the seven continents and five oceans. There is another review sheet for this test included in this week's Friday folder. Click on the links below for fun ways to study continents and oceans.
http://www.viewpure.com/rCYERpZ4Ujc?start=0&end=0http://www.viewpure.com/K6DSMZ8b3LE?start=0&end=0http://www.viewpure.com/X6BE4VcYngQ?start=0&end=0
Landform Test on Friday, October 16th
Students will identify and describe mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts. They will have a test on Friday, October 16th. A study guide is inside of this week's Friday folder.
